People In The News

February 15, 2008

IN UNIFORM

*Airman Stephen J. Battaglia has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Adrien and Bernadette Schraudt of Newport News. Battaglia is a 2006 graduate of Woodside High School, Newport News.

*Airman Blake M. Cawthon has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Howard and Lisa Cawthon of Newport News. Cawthon is a 2005 graduate of Heritage High School, Newport News.

*Airman Darrell B. Hogan has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Veda Hogan of Newport News. Hogan is a 2007 graduate of Menchville High School, Newport News.

*Army Pvt. Lisa M. Marquez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. She is the niece of Dorothy Cheney of Newport News.

*Airman Latisha A. Newman has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. She is the daughter of Joanne Newman of Newport News, and granddaughter of Sylvia Newman of Upper Marlboro, Md. Newman is a 2007 graduate of Woodside High School, Newport News.

*Army Pfc. Victoria S. Perkins has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. She is the daughter of Angela Fuller, and sister of Eliza Perkins, both of Newport News. Perkins is a 2007 graduate of Denbigh High School, Newport News.

*Army Pfc. Lionel P. Scott II has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of Vaness Scott of Antioch, Tenn., and Lionel Scott of Newport News. Scott is a graduate of Antioch High School.

*Army Lt. Col. Paul H. Surry has retired after more than 28 years, which included service in the regular Army and Army Reserve components, and in the Army Active Guard-Reserve program. He is the son of Robert M. and Peggy A. of Newport News. His wife, Lori, is the daughter of Glenda B. Roberts of Valentines.

Prior to retiring, Surry served as the executive officer for the 244th Aviation Brigade at Fort Sheridan, Ill. He served as the commander's principle assistant for directing, coordinating, and training the staff while planning and managing major critical and complex events, developing operational methodology, analyzing the impact of activities on current and future capabilities and their effect on the Army Forces Generation cycle. The brigade has command responsibility for two AH-64 Apache helicopter battalions, two CH-47 Chinook helicopter battalions, two fixed-wing battalions, two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter companies, one aviation intermediate maintenance company, and a headquarters company covering a 14-state area.

Some of his major military awards and decorations include three awards of the Meritorious Service Medal, six awards of the Army Commendation Medal, two awards of the Army Achievement Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, and several Army service ribbons and badges.

Surry graduated in 1975 from Ferguson High School, Newport News, and received a bachelor's degree in 1980 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. He earned a master's degree in 2002 from Touro University, Los Alamitos, Calif.

*Airman 1st Class Candace M. Williams has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. She is the daughter of Mary Williams, and sister of Temekca Dodson, both of Newport News. Williams is a 2007 graduate of Denbigh High School.